Facility profile Utah

Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy

Formerly Academy at Cedar Mountain (1999-2004)source

Open Cedar City, Utah

Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy is a specialty boarding school in Cedar City, Utah, operated by CERTS Group. It has operated since 2004.

About Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy

It opened in 1999. It was bought by CERTS in 2005 and renamed Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy.source It was run by under the same ownership as Moonridge Academy, La Europa Academy and Kolob Canyon RTC; a CERTS program.source It was run by CERTS.source It was run by CERTS (Certified Educational Therapeutic Schools and Programs), owner Kent Tasso.source

Students completed a 2-week trek to Europe (London, Paris, Germany).source It had a new 4,900 square foot Academic and Administrative building near main campus.source It cost $35,000 for the minimum nine-month program.source The minimum stay was nine months.source

It changed owners after the 2003-2004 period described by a parent.source Cost: tuition $4,995 per month plus $2,500 enrollment fee.source The minimum stay was four months; stays generally four to twenty-four months.source Sister programs include Kolob Canyon Residential Treatment Center, Moonridge Academy and La Europa Academy.source

It was a member of NATSAP affiliated.source It was listed as a private school accredited by NAAS (Northwest Association of Accredited Schools).source It was a member of NATSAP (executive director sits on its board).source

Survivor testimony

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As Academy at Cedar Mountain

until 2004 | CERTS

Nothing on record is dated to these years yet.

As Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy

from 2004

Incidents on record

  1. 2004 Abuse

    A parent told HEAL that counselors on a trip supplied students with alcohol and marijuana and allowed under-aged students to have sex; the director reportedly fired one college-student counselor and suspended two.source

Incidents on record

  1. Abuse

    A parent alleged students were used as forced labor on school improvements and on the owners' other properties and activities.source

  2. Incident

    A parent alleged the program paid a $5,000 referral fee to the hospital counselor who recommended it.source

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Acquisitions

  • CERTS Acquired this program (acquired)

Documents

Documents on file (10)
Woodbury Reports Mentions (9)

From the Unsilenced archive

33 documents about Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their folders: Academy at Cedar Mountain, Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy.

Documents (33)

From SCIAD NET

2 documents about Mountain Springs Preparatory Academy that Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. SCIAD NET keeps them on Google Drive, where they open.

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